Glossa

Interpolated with preludes by Ballard, Vallet and contemporaries, Guedron's lute songs are delivered cleanly and prettily, though Ansermet's spoken verse is more expressive than her singing. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

In places intimate, in others ravishing, these pieces are a delightful find, and are beautifully performed, recorded and presented — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…

brilliant playing, musically compelling… he is a consummate artist and his playing illuminates everything he plays…such virtuosity and freedom that emphasises the music rather than himself…... — Early Music Review, August 2014 More…

This 1999 recording of the Ferrarese madrigalist's 1959 collection sounds tart and vivacious, sung by mixed vocal consort and in the style of the Concerto delle Donne, with harp, lute and gamba. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Above all one is drawn to the ensemble’s tone, uncommonly deep, rich, absorbing in itself, and departing significantly from the treble-dominated spectrum that is so prevalent with English-speaking... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…

This live anthology is a clever way of offering a 'sampler' of La Venexiana's survey of Monteverdi's madrigals without resorting to the mere duplication of their existing catalogue. It gives... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…